The Daily Examiner. (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 30, 1899 Page: 2 of 4
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purpose of building a line of pld, crippled hero •
packets for use expressly and board, traveling to the <wpiM of
permanently on the river. Thia
company had ample capital and along the river bank groups of
sent an agent to Pittshury, Pa.,
the latter part of that year, who
contracted for two vessels, the
Washington and tbk Braxos,
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Published ever/evening except Su clay?
the republic.
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Austin, Son Antoi
Southwest
momipun
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laving
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fcpd sometimes going as
SflF feljpe. The capaaj-
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Jack Hay^ Samuel M. Williams,
and possibly others, The Fort
8ee^i« a magnificent packet, ly surprised that they could not
i iSrSl^lWWWuael M. Williams, stop aching that moved on land
named in honor of the accom-
plished secretary of Austin’s col-
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which did service on the river for
many years. The capacity qf the
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cany Through Coaches and Free Reclining Chair Cars,
addition to tlj$ir sp|endid_ regular service of Putin
Sleepers si *“ "
the Cotton .
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yoM wkat >bur Uck*
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Half the enjoyment
ipon the i
” to ftffer in these tinea.
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Examiner bone sold in sealed ^ac^gea^ply ^fcmmelhwf nice, H
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ton, Gteneral 3am Houston w#a a
passenger. Jt was known
throughout the country that the
wquld be pn
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for market and I will insure aatr
iafaction t° ail who wf
my stall. * ’
Ju days that have
And iu the future, myslrienfi,
ate,
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been raised in the interior pf Mex-
ico and had heuce seen very little
water and no steamboats at all.
Now,'whether humorously or se-
riously, the party who witnessed
the incident does not know, they
unrolled their lariats and
lasso the smokestack and haul
the steamer ashore. The effort
,WU" ■') ridiculous that the otheers
and passengers were greatlv
amused, and the Mexican* great-
people bad stationed themsuiyea,
with cheap, Texas Hugs up<I M
bandana handkerchiefs, to greet
and ebe^r him. Now that lhv*|'
independence bld been gdilvqd,
be was to he their leader ip
peace. The trip was like m»to
that <>f a modern ovation.
When the Yellowstone, one of
I. Goodman’s.
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EARLY NAVIGATION OF THE
BRAZOS--PACKEF STEAMERS.
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formed since, to move which will
require both money and engineer
mg -kill, but the enthii-ifsm x
the peoph’ over the r-'\ i of
first railroad wu.h .din .>t l ooii
and hpo i |1 ms. and . . i
i ini.a .ui h.-i.u’.n ‘ lie
(>f ahipp l Afte liverle.’l '< • • H ■■
river to I he railroad, fro ,n’;w
time its disuse may be tl t «
The ate imboat owm -< < mi d t 7
have caught up die railroad ex-
citement, made no sort of light
to maintain their their bust ess,
but quietly took, boats out
of the river, leaving the lihoad
master of the transport)!a-e*
nation.
One fact favorable to ilm navi-
gation ot the river is impn ised
upqn the mind bj au examimitii u
of the manifest of the Stea liter
Braxos, and that is the ease with
wiiich landings could iw made
and freight received and dis-
charged. At uo point nloug the
river w< re wharf privileges pro-
vided, or any great amoypt of
work dona to facilitate the move-
ment of heavy freight. Still it
seems that these vessels could
easily laud anywhere at anytime
Every plantation bad a landings
so did every settlement; They
were gll named and are well pre-
served in this old book* Nature,
therefore, seam* to have dona her
part m niu|iing this historic rivej
a great, artery in the transporta-
tion facilities of the counti-y
< This river bus been the scene of
Thu Mustang some exciting times and burner,
1 ■ ous incidents not altogetlipr com-
mereial in character. In 1813,
when the Mustapg made her hr»t
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Half Rates io the 1
at any other time I
I You can epwMC
,< friends and relatives
! and return any time1
/ Ifyoebuy
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28 YEARS BSTABL.X
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* The most elegant Tonaorial parlors in thia <
Creager Block. Three chairs presided over by as
S. R. Crain, Geo. B. Banks, and
11 Hair Cutting 25 cents. Shavin
Hot
The Beat of Everything is W
No. I day..............................11:27 *• m*
No. 3 night— —
SOUTH BOUND.
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No. 4 uighl ...
SANTA
To Somerville ...
To Cleveland ..
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or sea with their lariats.
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For a week or more the Exam-
iner otjjoe has keen unable to
supply the demands for mort-
gages, owing tu the Christmas
rush of advertising. We pow
have op baud qunRtlty and
are prepared to print special or-
ders op short notice.
Htyier'a One cmadies are for
'v-tt «’r k»' rw
Removal Notion.
On and after the first nf Janu-
■y patrons of my barber shop
ill find same located |n the
building, until that time, occu-
pied by Mr. Hem Keller, I '-hall
nave more opportunity of afford-
ing better service and comfort.
J. A. Featherston,
Currants, seedless raisins, cit-
ron, almonds and walnuts at
Conoly's
f w <?»-■■>v■■ ■ -m------ •
thfr old, true aud reliable bntehhh w,d® v«st'bp«in Pulirngn mr
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Free Reclining Chair Ci
-Through Without Chang
Ticket Ageat Will T«ll You Al
About Titas And Rate*.
W. S, KEENAP
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Above
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t 800 bale of cot-
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Jd,^j*he capacity of, w ,
was 700 bales, and the first steamboats tn asceotl the
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Flip Brsaos made t*...
tpril 15, 1857, and standing <>u the bank who ha»|
besides other freight carried 505
balfes of cotton from Washington
to Galveston, making the trip iu
good time without accident or
adventure. The steam boats that
did service on the upper Bragos
from 1842 tn 1858 were the Mus-
tang, Brasos, Washington, Elite,
Lady Byron, Fort Henry, Bell
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Olr citizens and espnmll^ dhu J
luercbauts are interested iu good 1
roads leading to Tyler. They 1
should therefore urge oq the I
work that is now going on 1
iu tbe way of road improvement, <
The commissioners court has em- 1
ployed a man aud furnished him 1
with*, two convicts and several
teams of mules, wagons and tools, Sulphur, Buffalo, Yellowstone,
and tbe work #o far done is pro*
uounced . very satisfactory by
those who have 1
mules and wagons _
turned to the poor farm early in
tbe year whore they will be need-
eu. It is imporUnt, however, octf’ the largest, best equip*
thut our citizens interest them-
selves in seeing to it that tijese
mules aud wugou x' * • -
by others and th
building up our public
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Tyler Courier.
The Waller Advance hew
paper on our exchange table and
is really g healthy looking ven-
ture. A paper maintained like
that will be of uo little good to
tbe most promising town in Wal-
ler county. Y*;. yr > '
z Boys you are not in H unless
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sale by J, Goodman.
T. K. Muxthewsmndo sHjuog *’®'
business 4np tu Plantersville Iasrtft
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1 ‘ NORTH CAROLINA
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Houston & Texas Central Points,
For full ir-“-
centl ,
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December 2d, 21, and 22.
Tickets limited 30 daw. Rate
ONE BARE FOR
ROUND TRIP
QUICKEST Route to New Ohans and -
Points in Southeast v/a New Orleans, 'BORT W'
is vis Houston, the Route of SUN-
-SET- CENTRAL SPECIAL.
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Rates Via Banta Fa Renta.
Holiday rates to all points oa this
lina at one aud one-third fares on Dec. denanda u»oi
• 33rd, 14th, 25th, 26H:,. 30th, grit and JP01
B’or Sal®—5x8 camera lemn i»t. I9°°; r**«» J*«m-' *
plate hosier, priming press, ruby *r*3td. 1900. ---
lantern, folding trypod, carrying ‘ Holer's chocolates aud bnn- .
case Apply at The T
office for information.
OggRfgl Sum Hou-t iu Ahi* ud*J
qivpr in 18tJ--He Re-
ceived nn Ovation
- Other Notes.
laygfif'lu Galveston News:
There is some excellent au-
( * M. L- ROBBINS,
C. W. REIN, GeR. Pas. &. Tkt. Agt
Traftc Manager, ‘
HOUSTON. TEXAS
t. E CLARKE. Ticket Aasnt. N^v
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Better Than Ever. sxkTA fe,. milam
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luc uiu, hoc uuuioiiayic uno.uci.
I am well supplied in go-ui stock
iqsure satr
ill <m»11 at
.. : past and gone by
I have treated you as you desired;
I’ll do the same for you again.
Market aecoud door west of =
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Ojd States.
States for half of what h would cast yon
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you will make the best time and oani
lions, and will avoid ferry transfers snd disagreeable lay-
overs, both going and returning. Cotton Beit trains will
-----gn Coaches and Free Reclining Chair Cars, in
p their splendid regular service of Pullman
nd Parlor Cafe Cats. 411 liaef sell ticket^ via
Stti wo will tad
t trjiu to t»ke to n»K* :
atfrthlst olM w«*n
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M. l. o. /NDHEWS. Publisher.
Eutere/al the Navasota posloffice a&
jocnnd-/ass mail matter. '
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De/vered by carriers to any part of
city/ Subscription price;
Pe/week 10 cents.
PW month.................. „4ocentat
Office of publication in fhe Ackerman
k Gudger block, up stairs, j
RAILROAD TIME TAI
arrival and departure oi trains from 1
tue union depot;
H. & T. C.
NORTH BOUND. 1
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4:57 P- m.
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Telephone No. 84.*
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Possibilities of a Broom Factory.
The Waller Advupce terse!)
bl a tea some things; j
B'or tba piwt two moutiu or
more there has been tqrnd talk of
locHtiug a bromu faetpry m M#»
ler. It Fas pean sucagbaftijll
deinquatratcd by Mr. Allan Ben
aiuy thia year 'that broom
can be raised here, he having
raited about one and a half tuna,
which he sold to Mr. J. N. Han
broom manufacturer al
Willw, for I9Q.Q0. per ton. Mr.
Handy proposed to put in a plum
at this place the capacity of
which wifi be 50 dozen per day,
providing he can get a soffieieul
uumber of our farmers to plant
the brqom porn. It would re
quire something like 500 ueres of
t , broom corn to keep a factory of
that capacity running the year . ,,
> round. The average yield in this Mb* company in Waahing-
eottRtry is estimated at about ton, in 1844, witn spme Galvestpp
onif-third of a ton per acre after capitalists as members, for the
thoroughly cleaned, be-
oides the seed, which would be
Iwtweeu 20 and 30 bushels per
I ^re’ makes a fine feed for all
I kinds of stock and poultry, which
I Hem Mone would pay, it seema,
Ml expends of preduction. A
tuetpry of the above capacity
would furnish employment for
Roqut twenty handd, and all our
merchants and those of adjacent
town^ would buy the brooms,
even at the « ' ■*
would have to
elaewbere,
pVhe mon *
ut the present |ime
ped and most elegant vessel that
has ever done service on this
stream. AH the above named
vessels, except the last two, made
regular trips to Port Sullivan,
about sixty miles above Washing
ton. and sometimes under favor-
ably pircuinstancea ascended the.
fiver to'Waoo. Two vessels rgn
up to Bolivar ip 1863, bnt the
navigation of tbe river wav prac-
tically abandoned in 1850 and
1860: not owing to formation of
bars and other obstructions ir
the river aa has been repeatedly as-
serted by persona discussing the
subject, but owing to the compk-
tiqn of the Houston and Texas
. Centra) railroad from Houston to
her Huylar’a caudy, for Hempstead, thence up the river
L v0°dman. to Navasota, and later ffi Bryan,
being the first road of importance
1 penetrate the interior. True,
bars and other obstructions have
t
ke
out pf the cQimfry,
turn, for imported
|atyTH
m *■ “The
thority for the statement that the
navigation of the Brazos was
commenced iu 1833. The first
boats to ascend the river were
small aud rudely constructed
crafts, but made many successful
” ~ trkn^ at irregular intervals for
:S > 1 >ear8< ,£?h8 Oregon and
14 * 1 McGKan# steam packets,
*'* k ^Tlnmingaevfin m eight feet < f
water, with two masts, and a
speed of ten or twelve miles an
hour, were put on the river early
in the forties and plied regularly
between Velasco and Columbia,
making occasional trips to Rich-
mond, tfci
hjgh as |
of these vessels was very large
Torttie times, and in making trips
on the river they often used both
steam and sails. In 1842 the
Mustang was put on the river,
and on its first trip went its high
as Washington, conveying a num-
ber of passengers and a good Ipt
of merchandise.
on this aud other trjp« demon-
strated the entire pructtbility of
successfully navigating the river,
which led to the formation of a trjpfrom Columbia to Washing
ton, in 1844, with bpmeGalvestnp
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The Daily Examiner. (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 30, 1899, newspaper, December 30, 1899; Navasota, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1327513/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Navasota Public Library.